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Yee, Patricia; And Others – 1970
Three operations relevant to preparing a data base and supporting scripts are discussed in considerable detail. Section One enumerates the activities which constitute the collection and documentation of a data base. The material presented is relatively nontechnical and requires no knowledge of computers. Section Two discusses the preparation of…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Computer Programs, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
O'Neil, Carole; Pytlik, Mark – 1973
The Canadian Department of Education developed this manual to provide teachers and administrators with information about the potential use of computers. Part I describes at length the five components of the computer input, output, storage, control, and arithmetic/logic functions) and gives a discussion of computer languages, programing, batch…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Computer Science
Mittman, B.; And Others – 1968
INFOL for the CDC 6400 is a rewrite in FORTRAN IV of the CDC 3600/3800 INFOL (Information Oriented Language), a generalized information storage and retrieval system developed by the Control Data Corporation for the CDC 3600/3800 computer. With INFOL, selected pieces of information are extracted from a file and presented to the user quickly and…
Descriptors: Computers, Information Processing, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
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Glantz, Richard S. – 1972
The design of an English-like query language and an interactive computer environment for searching the full text of the U.S. patent collection are discussed. Special attention is paid to achieving a transparent user interface, to providing extremely broad search capabilities (including nested substitution classes, Kleene star events, and domain…
Descriptors: Computers, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Information Systems
Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY. – 1975
The papers and discussions of the 1975 Pacific Region meeting of the Association for Computing Machinery are presented. Topics included (1) the current and emerging state of the art in data management software and hardware, (2) relational systems with particular attention to new developments in systems for relational data bases, (3) advances in…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
Goldstein, Charles M.; Ford, William H., Jr. – 1978
The Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications has supported a program to develop a Plasma Terminal System for purposes of improving the effective delivery of computer based educational materials. This system, employing recent advances in microprocessing and storage technologies, will provide new alternatives for present users of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
Gerhold, George; And Others – 1978
This paper describes an effective microprocessor-based CAI system which has been repeatedly tested by a large number of students and edited accordingly. Tasks not suitable for microprocessor based systems (authoring, testing, and debugging) were handled on larger multi-terminal systems. This approach requires that the CAI language used on the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Storage Devices, Computers, Cost Effectiveness
Scott, Heather – 1970
Described is a complete and technical description of one component of the Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD) total data storage and access system. Both a verbal and a graphic flow chart of its functions within the system are presented. (TL)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Computers, Databases, Educational Technology
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Fellows, John C. – Business Education Forum, 1975
Computer data on the technical level of devices, their speed rates, and computer languages of two Oakland County Michigan area centers' business data processing skill programs are discussed to provide information for other area centers on various hardware, software, and teachware. (BP)
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Computer Storage Devices
Health Services and Mental Health Administration (DHEW), Bethesda, MD. – 1970
The purposes of this conference are: to define the current state of technology; to identify the problems, needs and emerging technology; and to consider alternative computer applications to multiple-facility medical information systems for the delivery of medical care and for health services research. The papers presented include: (1) General…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Storage Devices, Computers, Conferences
Tidball, Charles S.; Bon, Bruce B. – 1973
A multi-language, time-sharing system (MTS-12) has been developed for the PDP-12, a Digital Equipment Corporation laboratory computer. This low-cost, core-resident system features program storage on LINC tape (3/4" magnetic tape on a 4" reel), access to the high-level interpreted FOCAL language, and a special variable storage in the user…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Computer Storage Devices
Lieberman, Michael; And Others – 1981
Designed to provide a starting point for the teacher without computer experience, this booklet deals with both the "how" and the "when" of computers in education. Educational applications described include classroom uses with the student as a passive or an active user and programs for the handicapped; the purpose of computers…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Computers
Limback, Rebecca – 1981
Teacher background information and student materials are provided in this guide for teaching a one-semester data processing course, which may be used with or without microcomputer equipment. The material is organized into eight units covering history and evolution of data processing, information processing today, input/output media and devices,…
Descriptors: Careers, Computer Literacy, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education
Gawronski, Jane Donnelly – 1972
A series of three booklets provides elementary and secondary students who are participating in the Southeast Alternatives Program run by Special School District Number 1 in Minneapolis with some fundamental information about computers and their use. The first volume offers some general background on computers and describes the use of the teletype…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
Rubinoff, Morris – 1973
A ten-year research study designed a mechanized information system in the information processing field. Special attention was paid to implementation criteria entering into on-line retrieval through man-machine dialog from a remote typewriter or video terminal and four major areas were investigated: search strategies, machine stored indexer aids,…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Graphics, Computers, Indexing
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